A Lot of and Lots of PDF
A Lot of and Lots of PDF
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Lots of his work is good. (NOT Lots of his work are good.)
A lot of his ideas are good. (NOT A lot of his ideas is good.)
If we use a lot or lots without a noun, we dont use of.
Have you got a lot of work? Yes, a lot. (NOT Yes, a lot of.)
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1 Circle the correct answer.
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In armative (O
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conversation, a lot of and lots of are
more natural than much/many (see page 173).
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2 Put in plenty of with words from the box.
eggs
food
ideas
paint
patience
time
warm clothes
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water
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3 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: towns
Make sure you know the words in the box. Use a dictionary if necessary. Then write four
sentences about a town, using a lot of / lots of / plenty / not much / not many.
bookshops cinemas hotels
parks restaurants theatres
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industry
trac
libraries
markets
nightlife
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1 Put in a little or a few.
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I know
English.
I speak
words of Spanish.
Ill be on holiday in
days.
Can you give me
help?
Grace will be ready in
minutes.
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Could I have
Id like to ask you
Im having
The soup needs
Im going away for
more coee?
questions.
trouble with the police.
more salt.
weeks.
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I have little / a little time to read newspapers and no time at all to read books.
Come about 8 oclock; Ill have little / a little time then.
There was little / a little water on the mountain, and we all got very thirsty.
Foreign languages are dicult, and few / a few people learn them perfectly.
Im going to Scotland with few / a few friends next week.
Ive brought you few / a few owers.
Life is very hard in the Arctic, so few / a few people live there.
She was a dicult woman, and she had few / a few friends.
Would you like something to drink? Little / A little water, please.
Little and few are rather formal; in conversation we use not much/many or only a little/few.
There wasnt much food in the house. OR There was only a little food in the house.
The lesson was so dicult that not many / only a few students understood it.
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3 Make these sentences more conversational.
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We can use (a) little and (a) few without nouns if the meaning is clear.
Have you got any money? A little.
In some answers, both contracted forms (for example Im, dont) and full
forms (for example I am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.
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